Have you ever thought about why it is so hard to make a relationship last? Why do so many people struggle with something that can be so simple? Why you can’t keep a wife, a husband, a girlfriend, a boyfriend, or any kind of significant other? What went wrong in the relationship? Why doesn’t he/she like me? Why don’t they love me? What can I do to keep them from leaving me? How can I get my lost husband, wife, girlfriend, or boyfriend back? What do I have to do to keep them here with me? What do I have to do to make this relationship work forever.
Most people have pondered those exact thoughts at some point in their life. Some are doing it right this very minute. And they need help in doing it. What can I do to fix this situation they say. Most people miss the biggest thing they can do. Or they know what they have to do and just don’t. What is it? Compromise.
Compromise could be defined as give and take. Or, you could say it is sacrifice for the good or the bad. But sometimes if you want something you are going to have to compromise and give up a little of something else. That is how it works with all things including relationships. I might have to spend less money on my hobby so that I can have money to take my wife out to eat. Or she might have to spend less on cloths so I can get those football tickets that I so badly want. That is how it is in successful relationships. Ninety-Nine percent of relationships have to compromise to make them work.
So, when you are thinking about why some relationship is not working, or why someone left someone else, you at least know part of the answer.
